Father's Day 2011

Evan and I are going to be in Disney World on Father's Day, so we celebrated Father's Day at our house tonight! We had planned on playing golf, but we couldn't because of the rain. We were still able to order Mexican food, eat a giant cookie cake, play in the basement and take a short walk in the neighborhood though! We had so much fun celebrating Carl. He is a wonderful dad and husband!

Here are a few pictures of Evan and Carl. It is easy to see how much Evan loves his daddy!

Summer Fun

We have had a great summer so far. We have had fun going to Henry's Ark, playing on the new Slip and Slide, attending Abbey Road on the River, going to the air show, going for walks at the park and nature preserve, and swimming at the pool. (We just joined the Hunting Creek Country Club, so Evan and I can have been going to the pool most mornings. After Carl gets home and we eat dinner, we all head back to the pool for more fun.) I am really enjoying my extra time with Evan and I am looking forward to LOTS more summer fun!

Henry's Ark is always a lot of fun. Evan enjoyed feeding and petting the zebras and the deer. He also liked seeing a GIANT pig!





We purchased a slip and slide for Evan to use this summer. Carl explained how it worked and then Evan hopped on for a ride! He and Carl had a lot of fun playing together!

"Whee! This is fun!"



"Is this a water fountain or a Slip and Slide?!?"



Abbey Road on the River has become a summer tradition for us. We take Evan to hear the music in the afternoon and then he goes to play and spend the night with Grammy and Granddaddy. Carl and I go back at night for grown up time! As always, we had a great time.

Evan and I were proud to show off our new Beatles t-shirts!



The music was great, but Evan had just as much fun watching the trucks and cars go under the bridge and pretending to be an acrobat!





Evan fell asleep on the way to Grammy and Granddaddy's house. I think he was exhausted from having so much fun!



Britbeat is a great Beatles cover band. We got to meet them in the afternoon and then hear them perform at night!



The Wings for Kids Air Show is a local fundraiser for Kosair Children's Hospital. It is a really cool event where kids can watch remote controlled airplanes and helicopters do some amazing tricks.

Evan got a good view of the airplanes by climbing up on the fence!



It was really hot the day of the air show, so we found some shade and Evan enjoyed a milk break.



The airplanes were cool and so were the helicopters! (This helicopter was a REAL helicopter!)





Evan and Daddy got a close look at the planes, while waiting for the candy drop!



Evan has NO fear of the water! He remembered the diving board ("jumping board") from last summer and wanted to jump as soon as we got to the pool!

"Look at me!"



"Here I come!"

Final Day of 2 Year Old Preschool Program

Evan had a wonderful first year of preschool. He made lots of friends and learned many new things! We are glad that he had a successful first year of school and we are looking forward to lots more fun and learning in the fall when Evan will enter the three year old preschool program.

Evan and Mrs. Kahne



Evan and Mrs. Stoess

Potty Trained!!!

Evan is FINALLY potty trained and Carl and I are thrilled! We have been working on potty training since last summer, but Evan has not shown much interest. Two weeks ago he announced that he was ready to wear underwear. We were very excited to learn that he really WAS ready to wear underwear! He has done SO well with potty training and we are SO proud. What a big boy!

(I am not going to post any pictures of Evan using the potty, since it might embarrass him one day!)

Playing in Puddles

It was raining today, but Evan REALLY wanted to play outside. Carl had an excellent idea to take a walk in the rain. Evan was SO excited! We spent most of our walk looking for puddles and Evan splashed in EVERY one we found. He had lots of fun! (Carl and I really enjoyed watching him. He was super cute!)

Evan was a bit cautious when he came to the first puddle, but he did make a small splash.



Once Evan realized that it was o.k. to get wet and dirty, Evan had a blast jumping in the puddles!



"I LOVE jumping in puddles!"



Evan was all smiles as we finished our walk and came back home.

Evan's Closing Ceremony at Preschool

I was VERY excited to get to attend Evan's closing ceremony at preschool last week. Evan sang all of the songs with LOTS of enthusiasm! He was so cute! On the last song, Evan wanted to be sure I was watching him and kept running over to me and saying, "Do you see me?" It was so funny!

Evan had a great first year in preschool. I am so grateful to his teachers, Mrs. Kahne and Mrs. Stoess, who helped make his first school experience so wonderful.

Here are some pictures from Evan's ceremony. They were difficult to take from where I was sitting, but I think they show what a good time Evan had performing.

Mothers' Day 2011

Mothers' Day was a lot of fun. We got to celebrate with Bonnie Mom by having brunch at house. Later, we picked up food from Olive Garden and took it over to my parents' house to celebrate Mothers' Day with Grammy. The best part of the day was taking all of the kids to the park after dinner. Everyone had so much fun! Carl was very helpful around the house on Mothers' Day, which was a very nice gift!

Our Family



Mom, Heather, me and Jackson (Jackson insisted on joining us for the picture, which is funny because he usually tells me not to take his picture!)




The walk to the park was fun. We must have been quite entertaining to everyone that saw us walking. We looked like a parade!



Emily




Carl took the boys out on the field to play a chasing game.



When the chasing game was over, the boys played a game where they tried to knock Carl off of the base. It was pretty funny!



Evan is my sweet little boy. I am so grateful to be his Mommy!